Curtain holdback



Jali. 25, 1927.

F. A. COKEFAIR CURTAIN HOLDBAGK Filed Sept. 22, 1925 Patented Jan. 25, 1927.

STATES Fallacies; admins; or Salinas, WASHINGTON.

CURTAIN HdnDBncK;

Application filed September 22. 1925. serial No. 57,846;

This invention relates .to a deviceadapted to be applied to a window casing for holdinga curtain away from a window when it is open. 7 i

The object of the invention, generally, is

the provision of an inexpensively constructed,durable and efficient device of this character which is convenient to use and which may be folded up out of the way when unemployed.

..A=further, and important, object of the invention is the provision of a. curtain holder through which the curtain may be draped and effectually retain the curtain without rumpling the same by any clamping securement .to the holder.

Another object is the provision of. a" curtain holdback comprised of pivotally connected members associated in a. manner per mitting themt tobe held, in selected relative position against accidental displacement and obviate any tendency of ljfooseness at the joints and thereby be capable of remaining in operable positions without being sustained by the curtain. r

The advantages of the invention will appear in the following specification.

The invention consists in the novel construction, adaptation and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a curtain hold-back embodying my invention holdin a curtain. Fig. 2 is a side eleva tion 0 the device and a portion of a window casing to which it is applied. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of portions of the holder arms and the pivotal connection therefor. Fig. 4 is a front elevation, partly broken away, of one of the holder arms. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 of the other arm. Fi 6 is a transverse sectional view to an en arged scale of the friction washer employed in the joint between the arm members of the device.

Fig. 7 is a front elevational view of the friction washer. Fig. 8 is a longitudinal detail sectional view illustrating the holder support and the manner of securing the same to a window casing. Fig. 9 is a detail side elevation showing portions of one of the arms and the support with the eye-couplings in section. Fig. 10 is a side elevation illustrating a modification of the holder supportnand Fig. 11 is a sectional, view taken substantially on line 1111 of Fig.10,

Referring to Figs. 1 to" 9, inclusive, of the drawing, the numerals'5 and 6represent two pivotally connected bars, or arms as hereinafter designated, of substantially equal length. As shown Fig. 3, the pivotal connection of said arms is positioned in proximity of one end of each andcon sistsof a tubular coupling 7 extending through apertures provide d therefor inthe respective arm's and also through an aper ture 8 (Figs. 6 and 7) provided in a cup washer 9 of a concavo-convex formdisposed in side by side relation with said arms. The aperture 10 of one of the arms, as 5 for example, is' circular to be, rotatable upon the ,coupling 7. v v I The aperture 11 of the other arm, as" 6, and the aperture 8 of'the washer are made of anon-circular fornnso that when the end portions of the coupling are expanded into such apertures when flanging the coupling, as at 12, over the respective parts to accordingly prevent the coupling from rotating, yet permitting the arm 5, having the circular opening, to journal upon the coupling.

Flanging or riveting the ends of the coupling serves to flatten the. washer thereby producing in the washer a stress which will afford a yieldable frictional bearing with respect to the arm 5.

The end of the arm 6 opposite to its con nection with the arm 5 extends between two companion plates 13 and 14, which are secured together by spaced apart tubular couplings 15 and 16.

The coupling 15 also extends through an aperture 17, see Fig. 9, provided in the arm 6 to serve as a pivotal bearing therefor. The couplings 15 and 16 are flanged or riveted (Fig, 8) to said plates to clamp the same together in a manner to afford suitable frictional resistance between the plates and the arm 6.

As shown in Figs. 5 and 9, the arm 6 is provided with shoulders 18 either of which is engageable with the coupling 16 as a stop to limit the turning of the arm below a horiagainst a side surface as 19 of a window casing 20 by means of screws 21 and 22 driven through the respective couplings.

The above described curtain hold-back is secured as explained to the side of a window casing by means of screws 21 and 22 passing through the support 131 1 therefor.

When unemployed the arms 5 and 6 are folded upon themselves and swung upwardly along side of the window frame as indicated by dotted lines X in Fig. 2.

For use, the arms 5 and 6 are swung outwardly from the casing about the pivot afforded by the coupling 15 to have the arm 6 positioned in approximately the position in which it is represented in F 2, and. the arm 5 directed upward to have its free end away from the window casing 20. Thus arranged the curtain G is draped over the arm 6 as illustrated in Fig. 1, whereupon the arm 5 is swung into substantially the position in which it is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 thereby confining a portion of the curtain in the space bounded by the two arms and the casing, Such an arrangement of the parts acting in cooperation with the window casing enclose the curtain to prevent it from being dislodged by a strong draft blowing into the room when the window is open. Furthermore, the device serves to hold back the curtain neatly and in safety without danger of mutilating or rumpling the cur tain.

Instead of employing a support comprising plates 18 and 14 as shown in detail in Figs. 8 and 9, a less expensive manner of securing the arm assembly to a window cas ing is illustrated in Figs. 10 and 11, wherein a cup-washer denoted by 9 is connected by means of a coupling 15 to the arm 6 and the same secured to the window casing surface 19 by means of a screw 21 passing through the coupling.

\Vhat I claim, is

l. A curtain holdback comprising a support adapted to be secured to a window casing, two pivotally connected arms mounted on said support, the pivotal connection between said arms comprising a pivot rigid with one of said arms, the other arm being rotatably connected to said pivot, and a washer having an elongated opening rigid with said pivot and frictionally bearing against the rotatable arm.

2. A curtain hold back comprising two flat arms between which the curtain is adapted to be held, one of said arms having a non circular opening in one end thereof, a tubular rivet in said opening, the second arm being pivoted on said rivet, a dished washer on said rivet for Ltrictionally engaging said arm to hold it in adjusted position with relation to the first named arm, means for mounting one of said arms on a window casing, said last named means c0- operating with said last named arm for limiting the movement of said arm.

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 14th day of September, 1925.

FRANCIS A. COKEFAIR. 

